A weblog about knitting the good life.

08/24/2009

I’m ready to bind off another basketweave baby blanket. This
is LynnH’s Cushy Blankie pattern, but I’m calling this particular one a Maybe
Baby Blanket. That’s because maybe it is for this baby, or maybe it is for that
baby, or maybe it’s for a baby that doesn’t even exist yet.

In the meantime, I’m making nice progress on a woven baby
blanket that is living up to the promise of the lovely hand-dyed Colorjoy
Colorsport that sets off the two solid bamboo blends so nicely. I gave up
trying to figure out how to do this as a double-weave project, so I will have
to do some seaming at the end. Oh well. I’ll get over it.

Like many knitters before me, I am adding yet another
technique to my fiber creation repertoire. How many years have I been talking
about quilting? Don’t answer that. I just took a very basic quilt intro class
session, and I have these 9-patch blocks to show for it:

I have also learned that I have a 2 ½ hour attention span
when it comes to classes of any sort. Knitting, weaving, quilting, underwater
basketmaking, what-have-you…..3 hours is 30 minutes too long. My brain and my
bottom both go on strike and I need to be done.

This could be a problem in a few weeks at Stitches Midwest,
where I am scheduled for 15 hours of classes, all done in 3 hour blocks. Please
teachers…..take breaks!!

Is it my imagination, or did this summer blitz by even
faster than usual? Once I retired from the school calendar, and summer vacation
could really last till the autumnal equinox, I expected to have that wonderful
endless summer feeling again. Instead, I’m feeling that rush of fall
productivity that comes with the back-to-school crowd. I can’t say I’m minding
it. This fall brings the trip to Stitches, and in October sometime, it brings a
new grandchild.

In the meantime, my two little grand-girls have celebrated
birthdays. Abby is 3!!!

And Paige is 1.

And the new baby-to-come is also a Maybe Baby. Maybe it will
be a girl. Maybe it will be a boy. For sure it will be welcomed with love.